The Actual Two Papers
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 4:13 pm
Did I imagine it (life is sad!!) or do we (Patricia!) know the sequence of questions types in Papers 1 and 2. In otherwords, if say H and K appears in Paper 1 does that mean it won't appear in Paper 2 - although I appreciate there is a lot of crossover - is it just random each year covering all types???
My son is bright and thankfully laid back, although not brilliant, and is scoring between 70-73 out of 80 on most appropriate test papers, however this is his 'dining table' score when he sits there with his stop watch, his Diet coke, Snicker bar and dog curled up at his feet. I really feel that in exam conditions he could so easily lose 3 or 4 marks and then be very very borderline/fail. I also feel a bit sad that because of this, when the exam is over (and we have the burning of the practice papers on 5 November!) I will still be worried for almost 6 weeks that he didn't reach his 'dining table' potential until we get the results on 30 November....presumably other parents have the same anxiety??????
My son is bright and thankfully laid back, although not brilliant, and is scoring between 70-73 out of 80 on most appropriate test papers, however this is his 'dining table' score when he sits there with his stop watch, his Diet coke, Snicker bar and dog curled up at his feet. I really feel that in exam conditions he could so easily lose 3 or 4 marks and then be very very borderline/fail. I also feel a bit sad that because of this, when the exam is over (and we have the burning of the practice papers on 5 November!) I will still be worried for almost 6 weeks that he didn't reach his 'dining table' potential until we get the results on 30 November....presumably other parents have the same anxiety??????